Themes/Plot summary

• Plot Summary

  • Scrooge's nephew, Fred, invites Scrooge to Christmas dinner but is declined
  • Scrooge is told by the ghost of Jacob Marley that he will be visited by three ghosts
  • Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past who shows Scrooge visions from his past (Belle + Fezziwig + School)
  • The Ghost of Christmas Present shows scrooge joyous scenes from the Cratchits house (but warns of Tiny Tim's ill health)
  • The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge his own grave and that he has no mourners (+ Tiny Tim's death)
  • Scrooge is transformed and becomes a father figure to Tiny Tim